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- Tigrinya (ትግርኛ, Təgrəñña; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethiopian Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia 's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples.
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Tigrinya (ትግርኛ, Təgrəñña; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethiopian Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions.
- 9.85 million (2020)
- Geʽez script (Tigrinya alphabet)
Tigray or Tigrai. Tigrinya language, a Semitic language of the Tigray people of northern Ethiopia and southern Eritrea. Written records include religious texts prepared by mission societies and an increasing number of textbooks and literary works. The language is closely related to Geʿez, the ancient language of Ethiopia, and to the Tigré ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Tigrinya (ትግርኛ) Tigrinya is a member of the Ethiopic branch of Semitic languages spoken mainly in the Tigre region of Ethiopia, and in Central Eritrea. In 2007 there were about 4.4 milion speakers of Tigrinya, and there were 3.1 million Tigrinya speakers in Eritrea in 2016.
Tigrinya ( ትግርኛ, Təgrəñña; also spelled Tigrigna) is an Ethiopian Semitic language commonly spoken in Eritrea and in northern Ethiopia 's Tigray Region by the Tigrinya and Tigrayan peoples. It is also spoken by the global diaspora of these regions. Quick Facts Pronunciation, Native to ...
Tigrinya (sometimes written as Tigrigna; / tɪˈɡriːnjə /; [2] ትግርኛ təgrəñña) is an Afroasiatic language of the Ethiopian Semitic branch. It is mostly spoken in Eritrea and northern Ethiopia. There are approximately 6,915,000 total speakers of this language. There are approximately 4,320,000 in Ethiopia and approximately 2,540,000 in Eritrea.
- 6.9 million (2006 – 2007 census)
Tigrinya, also spelled Tigrigna, Tigrnia, Tigrina, Tigriña, less commonly Tigrinian, Tigrinyan, is a Semitic language spoken in the Tigray Region of Ethiopia (its speakers there are called "Tigrawot, Tegaru") by the Tigrinya people, where it has official status, and in central Eritrea, where it is one of the two main languages of Eritrea, and ...
The Tigrinya Language. Tigrinya is a Semitic (Afro-Asiatic) language. Semitic (derived from the Biblical "Shem") languages belong to a language family that includes modern languages such as Tigrinya, Tigre, Amharic Hebrew, Arabic, Maltese (from Malta) and Aramic.